Below the Radar
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
After her last assignment went horribly wrong, everyone tells FBI Special Agent Lexie Montgomery she needs a break. But Lexie is determined to keep going with her undercover work—so when a Dutch constable goes missing, she jumps at the chance.
Along with Blake Bennett, her unfamiliar new partner, Lexie is thrown into the Gathering, a haven for environmental activists planning illegal activity. It's a dangerous situation, but she blends right in—a little too well, Blake thinks. As the pair of them try to get closer to the vanished constable, he begins to suspect that Lexie may be hiding an affinity for the eco-extremists' cause.
With her loyalties in question from both sides, Lexie will be forced to prove herself as an undercover agent and as a new recruit for the terrorists' cause. But as time starts to run out, staying below the radar may prove harder than she'd planned.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of Ridenour's uneven third thriller featuring FBI agent Alexis "Lexie" Montgomery (after Beyond the Cabin), Lexie's therapist tells Lexie, who's feeling guilty about a colleague's death during her last mission, that she doesn't have to accept a new assignment investigating the disappearance of a Dutch constable who went undercover seeking illegal activity among an extremist group, the Animal Liberation Front, and was in touch with an American "known to be involved in dangerous terrorist activities." But Lexie, eager for a chance to redeem herself, knows she's the best qualified agent for the job. She joins a small team that sets off for the Netherlands to infiltrate the ALF. The determined, resilient Lexie emerges as a fully rounded lead as she overcomes a range of obstacles before gaining a new outlook on life by book's end. Ridenour, a retired FBI agent, brings authenticity to the action, but readers should be prepared for stock supporting characters, including an FBI agent who takes a romantic interest in Lexie, and a standard issue plot. Veteran thriller fans will be underwhelmed. (Self-published.)
